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PM's group leads in early Iraq results Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's alliance led partial preliminary election results Saturday in Baghdad, where the most parliamentary seats are up for grabs, according to the electoral commission. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:21:22 EST Deadly blasts rock southern Afghanistan A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials said. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:18:04 EST Clinton: Israeli announcement on settlements 'insulting' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that Israel's announcement of new settlement construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem was "insulting" to the United States. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:57:20 EST Kissinger admitted to S. Korean hospital Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul on Saturday for "minor stomach troubles," the state-run Yonhap news agency reported. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:51:55 EST Iran criticized for religious persecution The State Department condemned Iran's persecution of religious minorities on Friday following the Iranian authorities' detention of Baha'is and Christians in recent months. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:10:01 EST Taliban claims deadly attack in Pakistan Six people were killed and 16 others injured in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan, authorities said Saturday. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:51:32 EST Terror suspect worked at U.S. nuclear plant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the FBI to determine whether a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member had access to any sensitive areas of the nuclear plants where he once worked, a commission spokeswoman said Friday. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:04:56 EST Beheaded Vikings found at Olympic site They were 51 young men who met a grisly death far from home, their heads chopped off and their bodies thrown into a mass grave. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:57:57 EST Pope 'distraught' over German sex abuse scandal Pope Benedict XVI is distraught by news of a scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Germany, Germany's highest-ranking Catholic said Friday. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:27:36 EST How helping hands could hurt Haiti Groups that helped Haitians since January's earthquake -- foreign governments, relief agencies and companies pledging to rebuild -- could hobble Haiti's long-term survival by creating a culture of dependence, some say. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:00 EST